Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)

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Chapter 3 - Probability - Section 3.4 Additional Topics in Probability and Counting - Exercises - Page 174: 9

Answer

56.

Work Step by Step

$_{n}C_{r}=\frac{n!}{(n-r)!r!}$ $_{8}C_{3}=\frac{8!}{(8-3)!3!}=\frac{8\times7\times6\times5!}{5!\times3!}=\frac{8\times7\times6}{3\times2\times1}=56$
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